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V. E. SISSON, PRESSED STEEL CAR END. APPLICATION man APR. I7. 191s.

PatentdNovf 11', 1,919.

aline with those of the other. The sheets are fastened together by rivets a6 along the Y lines of Contact oi? the sheets between the corrugations and by rivets. 47 passing through the lower margin of the sheets and rivets e8 pass-ing through the upper Inargins of the sheet and through the lower man gin 49 of the upper sheet 50.

claim:

l. In a railway car, an endl wall structure comprising two instal sheets arranged ,face to iiace and formed with oppositely proyecting alined corrugations, and means for .securing said sheets together along contacting lines between said corrugations.

2. In a' railway car, an end wall structure comprising two inet-al sheets arranged 'tace to face and formed with substantially' vertical oppositel5r projectingalined corrugations, and means i'or securing said sheets together along contacting lines between said corrugations.

3. In a railway car, an end wall structure comprising two metal sheets arranged tace to `tace and formed with oppositely projectingl alined corrugations which terminate within the edges ot the sheet and are spaced apart distances substantially equal to their width, and means for securing said sheets together along contacting lines Vbetween said corrugations and along the marginal portions oft said sheets beyond the ends ot said corrugations.

In a railway car. an end wall structure comprising two metal sheets arranged face to aceand formed with substantially vertically oppositely projecting alined corrugations'which terminate withiii the edges of the sheetand are spaced apart distances substantially equal to their width, and mean: for securing said sheets together along con.: tacting'lines between said corrugations and along the marginal portions ot said sheets beyond 'the ends of said corrugations.

5. In a railway box car7 an end wall struc* ture comprising an upper metal end sheet and two nietal end sheetsextending across the lower 'portion of the ear arranged face to face and formed with oppositely projecting alined co 1rugations7 and means for securing said sheets together along contacting lines between said corrugations and for securing the lower edge of the upper sheet in overlapping arrangement to the upper edges of the other two sheets.

6. In a railway box car, an endl wall' structure comprising `an upper metal end sheet and two metal end sheets extending across the lower portiorror1 the cararranged face to face and formed with substantially Vertical oppositely projecting alined corruga' tions, and means for securing saidsheets together along contacting lines between said Lacasse y corrugations and 'for securing the lower edge of the upper .sheet in overlapping arrangemen to the upper edges of the other two sheetetv- 7'. In a railway box car, an end wall structure4 comprising an upper metal end sheet formed with substantially vertical corrugations and two metal end sheets extending across the lower portion of thewar end Y formed with substantially vertical oppositely projecting alined' corrugations, and means lfor securing said lower sheets together along contacting lines between said corrugations and for securing thelower edge of the upper sheet 'in overlapped relation to the upper edges of the other two sheets.

8. .In a railway car, an end vwall structure comprising a. metal sheet "formed with corrugations .which'terminate within the edges of' the sheet leaving flat Imargins at opposite ends of the corrugationand a reinforcing sheet extending acrossthe car from side to side thereof arranged ace'to `ace with the other sheet and secured tothe same at the margins thereof and along the lines of-contart therewith betw'een said corrugations.

V9. In a railway car, an end wall structurecomprising a metal sheet formed with substanti/ally vertical .corrugatins which terminate within the edges of the sheet leaving fiat margins at opposite ends of the` corrugations, and a reinforcing sheet extending across the car from side to side thereof arranged face to face with the other sheet and secured to the saine at the margins thereof and along the lines of Contact therewith between said corrugationsa 10. I n a railway box car, an end wall structure comprising anupper metal end sheet, a metal end sheet extending across the lower-portion of the car formed with corru-v gations which terminate within the edges of. the sheet leaving Hat marginsato posite ends of thecorrugations, and a' rein orcing sheet arranged face to face with saidv last named sheet and Vsecured to the same at 'the marginsthereof 'andalong lines of contact therewith between said corrugations. f

' 11. In a railway box car, an end `wall structure comprising an upper metal end sheet, a metal end sheet extendin across the lower portion o'f'the car form with substantially vertical corrugations which terminate within the edges of the sheet leavingl fiat margins at opposite ends of the corrugartions', a reinforcing' sheet arranged face to Sheet vwith substantially vertical corrugaface with said last-named sheet, and means tions, a metal end sheet extending across the for securing said reinforcing sheet to the lower portion of the car formed with subeforesaid lower sheet between the Corruge- 10 stantiall vertical corrugations which termtions thereof und to seid upper sheet and the 5 nate wit in the edges of the sheet leaving upper flat margin ofsaid lower sheet.

flat margins at opposite ends of the corrugei tions, a reinforcing sheet arranged fece to VNTON E. SSSON 

